EP3140856A1 - Verfahren und vorrichtung zum permanenten bonden - Google Patents
Verfahren und vorrichtung zum permanenten bondenInfo
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Definitions
- the invention relates to a method according to claim 1 and a
- two substrates, in particular wafers are bonded together (in particular from the materials silicon, quartz or any other materials).
- temporary bonding is understood as meaning all processes in which two substrates, in particular two wafers, are joined to one another in such a way that the product substrate can be stabilized and processed without detaching itself from the carrier substrate, but at the end of the process chain can be selectively removed again from the carrier substrate .
- permanent bonding on the other hand, the two substrates, in particular wafers, are bonded together with the aim of producing a lasting, unredeemable bond.
- wafer bonding can be used, for example, to bond a wafer with cavities to a second wafer equipped with micromechanical and microoptical components in order to protect it.
- Permanent bonding is also used to establish a permanent connection between Produce silicon surfaces or silicon oxide surfaces in a so-called Metrobond compiler.
- countless metal surfaces can also be permanently joined together. These metal surfaces need not be applied as a full-surface coating on the wafer, but may consist of several, distributed over the entire wafer, locally limited coatings.
- such locally distributed coatings distributed over the entire wafer can be surrounded by a dielectric material, in particular silicon dioxide.
- a dielectric material in particular silicon dioxide.
- Such surfaces are then called hybrid surfaces.
- the hybrid surfaces are aligned in a permanent bonding process to each other and allied with each other, that the electrically ironable metal surfaces and the dielectric regions join together. As a result, a stacking of a plurality of substrates while simultaneously producing an electrically conductive connection is made possible.
- substrate materials also react differently to increased heat input, with one thing in common.
- a supply of heat always has a detrimental effect on the substrate material used and can also lead to complete destruction of the substrate and in particular of the structures located thereon.
- the present invention is therefore based on the object to develop a method which makes it possible to realize a permanent connection of two substrate surfaces, in particular two metal surfaces preferably without the supply of heat ideally at room temperature -.
- the surfaces of the substrates to be bonded can consist of an electrically conductive, an electrically non-conductive material or have hybrid properties.
- bonding methods are understood to mean those which are used to connect hybrid surfaces to one another.
- surfaces which consist of at least one conductive and one non-conductive material.
- the conductive material is thereby according to the embodiments of the invention for the bonding process while the non-conductive surfaces can be bonded together using known bonding mechanisms.
- the following is spoken in the further course of the application text with preference of full-surface, over the entire substrate extending metal surfaces.
- only full-surface, extending over the entire substrate, metal surfaces are shown.
- the invention relates to permanent Cu-Cu bonding.
- the inventive method is basically transferable to all other materials and material combinations in which by means of the embodiments according to the invention at least one metastable state can be generated, which preferably leads to a recrystallization of the microstructure.
- substrate stacks which can be produced by the method according to the invention.
- the metastable state is generated by an increased dislocation density.
- the embodiments of the invention are particularly applicable to:
- o Element semi-conductor preferably ⁇ Si, Ge 5 Se, Te, B, a-Sn,
- the bonding process should advantageously be carried out at low temperatures in order to exclude or minimize damage to the electronic components. Furthermore, the damage due to thermal residual stresses due to the difference in the thermal expansion coefficients of different materials is largely excluded by a low-temperature process.
- substrates especially substrates with functional components such as microchips, memory chips, MEMs, etc.
- aligned with each other before the actual bonding process is of particular importance in a bonding process because only a correct alignment and ontakttechnik the functionality of the electronic components ensures.
- the alignment is greatly simplified, since there is no or only a very small temperature difference, leading to a different extent of the two, in particular consisting of different materials, substrates leads.
- the alignment accuracy performed at room temperature therefore, is maintained at low temperature bonding, or changes very little. Alignment-influencing factors such as coefficients of expansion can therefore be largely neglected.
- the use of such low temperatures has the disadvantage that the bonding is much harder than with a bonding method with higher temperatures (400 ° C).
- the basic idea of the invention lies, in particular, in achieving, during bonding, in particular Cu-Cu bonding, recrystallization which propagates via the bonding interface.
- recrystallization occurs in particular to a grain growth and / or a structural transformation by Kornneu Struktur and expansion of the newly formed grain boundaries. Recrystallization is thus understood to mean the formation of a structure by grain regeneration and / or grain growth.
- formation of the structure preferably takes place over the bonding interface, so that a continuous structure is formed between the two substrates to be bonded, in particular the layers deposited on the substrates.
- first and / or second layers may be constituents of the first and / or second substrate.
- materials having a high dislocation density are provided, produced or selected.
- Dislocation density is preferably greater than 1 0 cm “, preferably greater than 10 9 cm” 2, more preferably greater than 10 n cm “2, more preferably greater than 10 cm", at preferably greater than 1 0 cm “allerbevorzugtesten at greater than 10 1 7 cm “2 .
- An offset is understood to mean a one-dimensional lattice defect that either arises during the deposition of a material or can be subsequently produced by plastic deformation in the crystal.
- a material with a correspondingly high dislocation density is in an at least metastable state and can be stopped by thermal activation to change to a lower energy state by dislocation decomposition.
- the dislocation degradation is preferably carried out by recrystallization at higher temperatures and then has a structural transformation result.
- Reduction of dislocation may, according to the invention, alternatively be carried out at lower temperatures by annealing or crystal recovery. In a crystal recovery, however, it does not come to a structural transformation by recrystallization but only to a recombination of the dislocations. This process is not desired according to the invention and should be avoided.
- the increase in the dislocation density is effected in particular by embodiments according to the invention, in which the dislocation is achieved both by individual impulse vibrations and / or sustained oscillations in the ultrasonic range.
- Under a single Pulse vibration is understood to mean, in particular, a one-time load described in more detail below.
- a sustained vibration means several such loads.
- the pulse vibrations cover the entire bandwidth from high-frequency to low-frequency oscillations.
- the frequency of the oscillations lies in particular between 1 Hz and 10 Hz, preferably between 10 Hz and 10, more preferably 100 Hz and 10 7 , most preferably between 10 4 Hz and 10 6 .
- a high-frequency, oscillating, mechanical load is produced, which generates a corresponding dislocation density in the surfaces to be bonded, in particular the materials deposited on the substrates.
- the purity of the recrystallizing material should be as high as possible.
- the purity is given for technical purposes optimally in mass percent (m%).
- the purity of the material according to the invention is in particular greater than 95 m%, preferably greater than 99 m%, more preferably greater than 99.9 m%, most preferably greater than 99.99 m%, most preferably greater than 99.999 m%.
- the grain size of the recrystallizing microstructure before recrystallization according to the invention is in particular less than 1000 nm, preferably less than 500 nm, more preferably less than 100 nm, most preferably less than 50 nm, most preferably less than 10 nm.
- the grain size of the recrystallization-lysing structure after recrystallization according to the invention is in particular greater than 10 nm, preferably greater than 100 nm more preferably greater than 500 nm, most preferably greater than 500 nm, most preferably greater than 1000 nm.
- the thickness of the grains formed by recrystallization is the same as the thickness of the recrystallized structure.
- the microstructure preferably has the highest possible point defect density, in particular the vacancy density.
- An increased number of vacancies improves the substitution diffusion and thus contributes to an improved connection of the two surfaces to be bonded.
- the vacancy density according to the invention is in particular greater than 10 " ' 2 , preferably greater than 10" 10 , more preferably greater than 10 "8 , most preferably greater than 10 " 6 , most preferably greater than 10 ' 4 .
- a vacancy density of about 1 0 * 4 already represents the typical limit of the vacancy density for metals in the vicinity of the melting point.
- a concave shape of a Probenhaiters or a lower side heater for heating the underside of the substrate which allows a sagging / sagging of the wafer in ⁇ ⁇ range.
- the concave shape allows the deflection of the wafer. As a result of this deflection, an additional stress load, and therefore advantageously an increase in the dislocation density in the wafer, in particular in a wafer, can occur, in particular in the case of high-frequency loading of the wafer Layer on the wafer to be generated.
- the deflection of the wafer in the near-surface region of the wafer creates a tensile stress
- the surface of the wafer which is opposite to the concave shape
- the tensile stresses generated by the bending stress decrease in the direction of the neutral line.
- the maximum values of the tensile or compressive stress can be found in particular on the surfaces of the wafer. Due to the small thickness of the wafer, the tensile or compressive stresses generated by bending, although very small, but may still have a positive effect on the erfurrungswel formation of the metastable state of one of the two layers.
- the height of a printing device for pressurizing the substrate stack can be kept low in particular by the use of a piezoelectric technique and integration into a device according to the invention is thus unproblematic.
- Such a method would, as far as the adhesion of the two bonded wafers to each other is concerned, approach approximately the results known today of high-temperature bonding in terms of adhesiveness.
- a significant advantage is that it comes to a significantly lower heat load on the wafers and tei lweise highly sensitive electronic components during bonding and thus the probability of irreparable damage largely excluded or significantly reduced.
- the lower bond temperature also significantly reduces energy consumption.
- by the Low-temperature bonding achieved a higher throughput, since you can do without a time-consuming cooling of the bonded wafer.
- the dislocation density is evensungshack increased mainly by ultrasound in the structure.
- the invention particularly relates to a device which has at least one oscillating device with the aid of which the structure of the regions to be bonded together can bring into a metastable energy state, so that an improved bonding effect is achieved.
- the dislocation density in the regions of at least one of the two substrates is increased by the embodiments according to the invention.
- the embodiments according to the invention can be applied before and / or after contacting the substrates with the substrate surfaces.
- a generation according to the invention of the dislocation density takes place only after the contacting of the two substrates to one another. According to the invention, however, it is also conceivable to generate the dislocation density before contacting or before and after contacting.
- the device preferably has a thermostat with which the device according to the invention can be heated in a controlled manner and in which the bonding temperature advantageously moves in a range from room temperature to well below 300 ° C.
- the controlled heating can alternatively be taken over by a control technology be taken into account, depending on the substrate material, in particular, other process-relevant parameters in the recipes to be used. It would also be conceivable to treat the substrates bonded to one another in a separate external furnace separate from the embodiment according to the invention. With particular preference it would then be a continuous furnace.
- the embodiments according to the invention are preferably apparatuses which are capable of bringing at least parts of, preferably the entire, substrate or a substrate stack already interconnected by a prebond into a metastable state by means of oscillation.
- the oscillation may be an oscillation having a single period or several periods.
- the dislocation generation and the structural transformation will be initiated directly by the device according to the invention during the bonding process.
- the device according to the invention it is possible to prevent a metastable state generated before the bonding process from being broken down again by relaxation processes, and to no longer be available during the bonding process.
- a preferred, independent aspect of the present invention consists of supporting the substrate stack on a sample holder, which is designed to permit oscillation and / or deformation of the first and / or second layer. This can be done in particular by, in particular exclusively arranged on the periphery of the sample holder and / or the oscillating body, fixed bearing for supporting the sample holder and / or the oscillating body.
- the two substrates to be joined are aligned with each other within an alignment module (alignment module).
- alignment module alignment module
- the two substrates are contacted, in particular from the centric center of the substrates towards the radial circumference of the substrates,
- Dislocations are inventively preferably generated by the introduction of mechanical shear stresses. These shear stresses are generated in the grains by an externally applied stress load.
- the generation of the dislocation density according to the invention can take place by j any of the following embodiments of the invention either before contacting, after contacting, but before bonding or after contacting during bonding.
- the generation of the dislocation density takes place by means of a locally concentrated vibrating element.
- vibrations are generated by the vibration element which stresses the substrate or the substrate stack in particular locally.
- the vibration element may in particular be either electrically, mechanically, be excited pneumatically or hydraulically. With particular preference is an electrically excitable, piezoelectric vibration device.
- a possible spatial separation of the alignment module, oscillation device and / or the bonding chamber to be used for heating If presentable, however, a combination of the aforementioned facilities within a cluster is expressly claimed. A sequence of the individual process steps is also claimed.
- a bonding of the two substrates by recrystallization at the points which have already been claimed by the vibrating element is already carried out by the vibrating element alone.
- the vibration element increases only the dislocation density, without leading to an immediate recrystallization and thus to an immediate bonding.
- the actual bonding process then takes place either in an oven and / or in a separate bonding chamber, in which the entire substrate stack can again be subjected to full surface pressure and / or heated.
- the substrate or the substrate stack is vibrated over the entire surface, in particular in flexural vibration and / or heavy vibration.
- the substrate or the substrate stack lies on a sample holder and is fixed by a pressure plate or a similar device according to the invention on the opposite side of the sample holder, in particular subjected to pressure.
- an inventive in particular local and / or at least not the entire surface of the substrate or substrate stack covering, oscillating force stress. This force loading displaces the whole Substrate or the entire substrate stack in vibration.
- the sample holder and / or printing plate are in particular designed so that they can resonate themselves.
- the generation of a metastable equilibrium, particularly a dislocation rich layer is based on the use of a static, sample holder and / or a static non-planar printing plate.
- the sample holder and / or the pressure plate are preferably concave and / or convex.
- they are formed of an elastic material which, although in the unloaded state has a flat surface, but can deform correspondingly concave and / or convex under pressure load. This form of possibility also forces the substrate stack into a concave and / or convex shape, which leads to a corresponding stress on the substrate stack and thus of the surfaces to be joined together.
- the elasticity of the sample holder is exploited to produce the aspect of the invention.
- the sample holder has a certain elasticity and is thus able to deform under pressure.
- the sample holder can in principle be shaped arbitrarily, preferably convexly, concavely or evenly, but in this particular embodiment according to the invention, above all, a planar sample holder is suitable. Therefore, reference will be made to a flat sample holder later in the text.
- the maximum deformation in a generally arbitrary direction, but especially in the direction of force, is in particular less than 1 mm, preferably less than .mu.m, more preferably less than .mu.m, most preferably less than .mu.m, most preferably less than 1 nm.
- the modulus of elasticity of the material from which the specimen holder is made is in particular greater than 1 OMPa, preferably greater than 1 OOMPa, more preferably greater than 1 GPa, most preferably greater than 1 OGPa, most preferably greater than 1 OOGPa.
- the inventive aspect of such an embodiment is, in particular, to apply a force, in particular area force, to the substrate stack. Due to the elasticity of the sample holder the Substratstapei is quasi pressed into the sample holder, which is minimal, in particular concave, deformed. As a result of this extremely slight bending of the substrate stack, the two surfaces of the two substrates, which are not yet allied with each other, move laterally, in particular along their bonding interface, slightly to one another.
- the Generation according to the invention of the metastable state in particular of the dislocation-rich microstructure.
- the elastic energy in the sample holder is used to transfer the sample holder and the substrate stack back to their original shape. In this case, a repeated, but acting in the opposite direction friction takes place in the substrate stack. This process can be repeated as often as necessary.
- the sample holder and thus the substrate stack in the unloaded case considering neglecting the gravitational effect and the manufacturing tolerances, as flat, but bends under a load, preferably a point load along the axis of symmetry of the pressure piston, more preferably a surface load along the Pressure plate, concave in the middle.
- An important aspect of the invention is the generation of a metastable state, in particular a structure with increased dislocation density in the surfaces of two surfaces to be bonded to each other, by elastic deformation of the sample holder and a friction between the two surfaces caused thereby.
- a metastable state in particular a structure with increased dislocation density in the surfaces of two surfaces to be bonded to each other, by elastic deformation of the sample holder and a friction between the two surfaces caused thereby.
- the amplitudes of the vibration exciters are in particular smaller than ⁇ ⁇ , with preference smaller than ⁇ ⁇ , more preferably less than l OOnm, most preferably less than l Onm.
- the lateral displacements generated by the amplitudes, in particular parallel to the substrate surface can theoretically assume any desired values during the process according to the invention, as long as they assume a permanent alignment error after completion of the process which is less than .mu.m, more preferably less than .mu.m, more preferably less as l OOnm, most preferably smaller than l Onm.
- the lateral displacements are less than ⁇ ⁇ , with preference smaller than ⁇ ⁇ , more preferably less than l OOnm, most preferably set smaller than l Onm.
- the vertical displacements during the process according to the invention are, in particular, smaller than ⁇ ⁇ , with preference smaller than ⁇ ⁇ , more preferably smaller than l OOnm, most preferably less than l Onm.
- At least one pre-compression stress is applied, in particular over the entire surface of the substrate or substrate stack.
- the pre-compression stresses according to the invention are in particular greater than 10 N / mm 2 , with preference greater than 100 N / mm 2 , more preferably greater than 200 N / mm 2 , with very great preference greater than 1000 N / mm 2 .
- the pre-compression stress, or the von-Mises comparison stress is in particular greater than the yield strength of the material of the substrate or of the layer on the substrate which is to be used for bonding, in order to assist a plastic deformation which results in the corresponding dislocation formation additionally favored.
- the yield strength of the material is preferably less than 5000 N / mm ", preferably less than 1000 N / mm, more preferably less than 750 N / mm 2 , most preferably less than 500 N / mm 2 , most preferably less than 300 N / mm 2 . mm 2.
- the tensile strength of the material is preferably less than 5000 N / mm 2, preferably less than 1000 N / mm 2, more preferably less than 750 N / mm 2, at Rushzugtesten less than 500 N / mm 2, at ailerbevorzugtesten smaller than 300 N / mm 2
- Pure, not cold-formed and therefore not yet solidified copper for example, has a yield strength of about 70 N / mm 2 and a tensile strength of about 200 N / mm 2 .
- Another effect according to the invention which has a positive effect on the bonding properties is the heat energy introduced by the devices according to the invention and the temperature which can be achieved with it.
- a very high heat density and thus a very high temperature can be generated, by means of which the bonding process can be locally initiated.
- On a further heat treatment can be dispensed with in this case with particular preference.
- the recrystallization is preferably carried out at the lowest possible temperature, whereby the temperature which can preferably be generated by the local vibration element can also be correspondingly small.
- the temperature generated by a locally concentrated vibratory element is less than 800 ° C, preferably less than 600 ° C, more preferably less than 400 ° C, most preferably less than 200 ° C, most preferably less than 50 ° C.
- the substrate stack may be heat treated after successful treatment in an external furnace separate from the embodiment of the present invention.
- the heat treatment is also possible in the bonding chamber or in any other module implemented in the process chain.
- the recrystallization is preferably carried out at the lowest possible temperature.
- the temperature in the oven or bonder is in particular less than 800 ° C. preferably less than 600 ° C, more preferably less than 400 ° C, most preferably less than 200 ° C, most preferably less than 50 ° C.
- FIG. 1a is a schematic cross-sectional representation of a coated substrate and an enlargement of the microstructure of the coating
- Figure lb is a schematic cross-sectional view of a coated substrate and an enlargement of Microstructure of the coating after an increase in the dislocation density
- FIG. 1 c shows a schematic cross-sectional view of two coated substrates after a contacting process and an enlargement of the microstructure of the coatings
- Figure l d is a schematic cross-sectional view of two coated substrates after a bonding process and a
- FIG. 2 a shows a schematic cross-sectional illustration of a first embodiment according to the invention, which acts directly on the surface of a substrate and leads immediately to a structure formation beyond the bonding interface,
- FIG. 2b shows a schematic cross-sectional illustration of a first embodiment according to the invention, which acts directly on the surface of a substrate and does not lead to any structure formation beyond the bonding interface,
- FIG. 3 a shows a schematic cross-sectional illustration of a second embodiment according to the invention in a first state
- FIG. 3b shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the second embodiment according to the invention in a second state
- FIG. 3 c shows a schematic cross-sectional view of the second embodiment according to the invention in a third state
- FIG. 3 d shows a schematic representation of a load diagram of the second embodiment according to the invention
- FIG. 4 a shows a schematic cross-sectional illustration of a third embodiment according to the invention in a first state
- FIG. 4b shows a schematic cross-sectional representation of the third embodiment according to the invention in a second state
- FIG. 4c shows a schematic cross-sectional illustration of the third embodiment according to the invention in a third state
- FIG. 4d a schematic representation of a load diagram of the third embodiment according to the invention.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic, not to scale representation of a first embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing a full-surface bending vibration
- FIG. 6 shows a schematic illustration, not to scale, of a second embodiment of a device according to the invention for generating a volatilized bending vibration
- FIG. 7 shows a schematic illustration, not to scale, of a third embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing a full-surface bending vibration
- FIG. 8 shows a schematic illustration, not to scale, of a fourth embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing a full-surface shearing vibration
- FIG. 9 is a schematic representation, not to scale, of a fifth embodiment of a device according to the invention for producing a full-surface static pressure application
- Figure 1 0 is a schematic, not to scale true representation of a sixth embodiment of a device according to the invention for generating a static pressurization with a material-related flexibility of the sample holder and
- Figure 1 1 is a schematic, not to scale representation of a seventh embodiment of a device according to the invention for generating a static Pressurization with a concretion-technical compliance of the sample holder.
- FIG. 1a shows a substrate 1 with a layer 2 applied to a substrate surface 10, in particular a metal layer, with particular preference a Cu layer.
- the magnification represents a microstructure of the layer 2, which consists of several grains 3. In the case of very small layer thicknesses t, only one grain 3 can also be located in the layer thickness direction.
- the layer surface 2o of the layer 2 and the substrate surface l o are generally provided with a non-vanishing roughness. In particular, the roughness according to the invention is negligibly small, with particular preference not available. Roughness is reported as either average roughness, square roughness or average roughness.
- the values determined for the mean roughness, the squared roughness and the average roughness depth generally differ for the same measuring section or measuring surface, but are in the same order of magnitude. Therefore, the following roughness numerical value ranges are to be understood as either average roughness, squared roughness, or average roughness.
- the roughness is in particular less than 100 ⁇ , preferably less than 1 ⁇ , more preferably less than 100 nm, most preferably less than 1 Onm, most preferably less than 1 nm.
- the dislocation density is now increased in the grains 3 of the layer 2. This results in multiple dislocations 4.
- the grains 3 thereby go into grains 3 'with a correspondingly high dislocation density.
- the energy state of the grains V is at least partly, preferably predominantly, metastable.
- Two substrates 1, 1 'having layers 2, 2' prepared by one of the embodiments according to the invention are now contacted or bonded to one another. When contacting two substrates with functional units, a prior orientation of the substrates to each other may be necessary.
- the dislocation density in the layers 2, 2 'of the substrates 1, ⁇ before and / or after the contacting is increased according to the invention. In this state, the two layers 2, 2 'of the substrates 1, ⁇ are in close contact with each other and are in a metastable state.
- FIG. 1 d shows the successful, inventive microstructure formation by recrystallization over a bond interface 5.
- the initiation of the structure formation by recrystallization takes place with preference by a, in particular slight, increase in temperature.
- the temperature increase is initiated either by one of the embodiments of the invention or in an external, separate from the embodiment of the invention, furnace, in particular a continuous furnace carried out.
- the idea according to the invention consists in that, due to the increased dislocation density of the grains 3 ', the temperature for structure formation can be extremely reduced.
- the bonding temperature is less than 300 ° C, preferably less than 20 ° C, more preferably less than 150 ° C, more preferably less than 100 ° C, most preferably less than 50 ° C.
- the average roughness of the substrate surface lo is less than ⁇ ⁇ , with preference smaller than ⁇ ⁇ , more preferably less than ⁇ ⁇ , most preferably less than l OOnm, most preferably less than l lm.
- FIGS. 1 a-1 d several embodiments according to the invention which could bring about an increase in the dislocation density in the grains 3 are presented below. It is again mentioned that the increase of the dislocation density in each layer 2 of each substrate 1 can be generated before and / or after the ontacting of the two substrates.
- FIGS. 1 a - 1 b show the generation of a layer 2 rich in dislocations before the actual bonding process.
- a vibration device 6 which is movable along a substrate rear side lr in a direction of movement is used.
- a contact surface 6k of the vibration device 6 is in particular smaller than the substrate surface l o.
- the ratio between the contact surface 6k and the substrate surface lo is in particular less than 1/2, preferably less than 1/6, more preferably less than 1/1 0
- an extremely small contact surface 6k according to the invention extremely high punctiform forces can be applied to the substrate stack 8 formed from the substrates 1 contacted to the layers 2, 2 * and thus transferred to the layers 2.
- the vibration device 6 sets the substrate stack 8 locally by a pre-compression force and / or voltage in the direction of a sample holder 7 for receiving the substrate spatula 8 under compressive stress. Thereafter, the positive pre-compression F is superimposed on a periodic, preferably high-frequency oscillation.
- the high-frequency oscillation leads to a local alternating stress of the layers 2, 2 '.
- the metallurgical conditions, such as Frank-read sources, for producing such dislocations are known to those skilled in the art.
- the vibration device 6 moves at a speed V over the substrate stack 8 and is always subjected to a compressive force f.
- the bonding interface 5 Due to the vibration device 6 connected to the pressure force f, a temperature of approximately 20-40% of the melting temperature of the layers 2, 2 'is formed.
- the bonding interface 5 has already been closed along a distance L, as by applying the vibrator 6 already enough dislocations 4 in the grains 3 and / or heat in the bonding interface 5 e were brought in to cause the formation of the structure.
- this in-situ assembly formation may be undesirable and must be prevented by the correct choice of process parameters so that a metastable structure with grains 3 'is maintained until explicitly performed heat treatment.
- This situation is shown in FIG. 2b.
- the vibrating device 6 generates dislocations 4 in the structures of the two layers 2, which are preferably, at least selectively, welded, the recrystallization, which is necessary for the structure formation beyond the bonding interface 5, preferably still does not take place at this time.
- FIGS. 3 a - 3 c show three (global) vibration states of a second embodiment according to the invention with a vibration device 6 '. This invention
- Vibration device 6 1 is characterized in that the substrate stack 8 is deformed by an over the entire bonding interface of the substrate stack 8 extended, full-scale vibration.
- the substrate stack 8 is biased by a Flachenkrafi f over the entire substrate surface lo and kept under pressure during the entire vibration load according to the invention.
- the embodiment according to the invention has at least one lower sample holder 7, on which the substrate stack 8 can rest.
- an opposite fixation for example, a pressure plate 1 0.
- the force F which generates a local oscillation superposition to the surface force f, is introduced at a vibration region 9.
- a vibration region 9 By the introduction of force in a, in particular local, preferably punctual, oscillation region 9, the substrate stack is deflected in the direction of a normal to the substrate surface lo, wherein a counterforce Fg in particular by a respective bearing or a holder of the substrates 1, 1 'or the sample holder 7 and the pressure plate 10 is generated.
- the oscillation region 9 does not have to be centric, but can attack at any position of the substrate surface 10.
- FIG. 3 d shows a schematic representation of the time-varying force application, which results from the temporally constant area force f (dashed line) and the overlaid, periodic, especially local, force F composed. It can be seen that the resulting force is always in the positive pressure range, so that the substrates 1, 1 'are always pressed against one another.
- the force is introduced via the vibration region 9 in particular via piezo elements, hydraulic, pneumatic or mechanically controlled pins, which ensure that the sample holder
- the bend creates a stress state in the layers 2, 2 'and thereby the increased dislocation density.
- the sample holder 7 and / or the pressure plate 1 0 also circular ring bearings would be conceivable, on which the substrate stack 8 is stored.
- the substrate surfaces l o are directly accessible to the electrical, mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic vibrating elements.
- the circular support itself is made of a piezoelectric material. Thereafter, a fixation of the substrate stack takes place on the circular support. By the piezoelectric vibrations of the circular support of the substrate stack
- This special embodiment makes it possible to dispense with an electrical, mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic deformation element in the center.
- Figures 4a-4d show an analogous embodiment with the difference of acting on the substrate stack 8 shear stress (shear stress) T.
- the shearing of Substrate stack 8 in Figures 4a and 4c is exaggerated.
- the shear angle is only a few degrees.
- the shear angle is in particular less than 10 °, preferably less than 1 °, more preferably less than 0.1 °, most preferably less than 0.01 °, most preferably less than 0.001 °.
- a full-surface ontakttechnik of the substrate backside lr in particular with a sample holder 7 '"and / or a pressure plate 10' according to FIG. 8 is preferably provided.
- FIG. 5 shows a first embodiment according to the invention for producing a full-surface flexural vibration, consisting of a specimen holder 7, in particular at rest, for receiving and holding / fixing the substrate stack 8 and a pressure plate 1 0, in particular in the resting state the pressure plate 10 are at their backs (7r, l Or) and / or peripherals over in each case at least three huiuel le fixed bearing 1 2 or a single, radially symmetric, full-scale fixed bearing, fixed.
- Two oscillating elements 11, 11 formed, in particular, as piezoelements, are capable of deflecting the sample holder 7 and the pressure plate 10 normally to its surface and of bending the substrate stack 8 fixed between them, in particular cyclically.
- the embodiment according to the invention can also apply a pre-compression force f or pretension, preferably by moving one or both oscillation elements 11.
- FIG. 6 shows a second embodiment according to the invention for producing a full-surface bending vibration consisting of a sample holder 7 4 and a pressure plate 10 which is flat when at rest.
- the sample holder 7 ' is concave on its receiving side 7o.
- the Pressure plate 1 0 is formed analogous to the first embodiment shown in FIG 5.
- the substrate stack 8 is here pressed by a single, upper flywheel element 1 1 in the static, concave shape of the sample holder 7 '.
- the embodiment of the invention can also apply a pre-pressure force f or bias, preferably by movement of the vibrating element 1 1 in the direction of the sample holder 7 '.
- the pre-compression force f is preferably applied in order to press the substrate stack 8 into the concave shape of the sample holder 7 'and to stress it constantly in this curved shape under pressure. Thereafter, the superimposition of the oscillating stress by the oscillating element 11 according to the invention preferably takes place.
- FIG. 7 shows a third embodiment according to the invention for producing a full-surface bending vibration with a convex sample holder 7 ". Otherwise, the construction and the function correspond to the second embodiment according to FIG.
- FIG. 8 shows a fourth embodiment according to the invention for producing a full-surface shear stress (see FIGS. 4a to 4c).
- the substrate stack 8 is fixed to pressure between the flat sample holder 7 , v and the flat pressure plate 10 '. Thereafter, a shear of the substrate stack 8 by opposite, oscillating movement of the sample holder * and the pressure plate 1 0 to each other. The movement takes place by means of oscillating elements 1 ⁇ , which are arranged on the side circumference of the sample holder 7 , v and the pressure plate 1 0 '.
- the Fesilager 1 2 serve as a fixed points for, designed in particular as Piezoeiemente, vibrating elements 1 ⁇ , which are each arranged between each fixed bearing 3 2 and the sample holder 7 ' v of the pressure plate 10'.
- 9 shows a fourth embodiment according to the invention with a pressure plate 10 and a static, concavely curved sample holder 7 'analogous to FIG. 6.
- a pre-compression load f designed in particular as a surface load, is applied to the pressure plate 10.
- the pressure plate 10 pushes the substrate stack 8 (not shown) against the concave sample holder 7 'and thereby generates, in the surfaces to be joined together, a metastable state, in particular an increased dislocation density.
- the concave sample holder 7 ' it is equally possible to use the convexly formed sample holder 7 ", as shown in FIG. 7.
- a Probenhaiters 7 '"according to Figure 10 which consists of such an elastic material that it only by the on the Druckpiatte 1 0 applied pre-compression force f (in this particular case, in particular, the full-surface bonding force) in a
- One aspect of the invention in such an embodiment consists particularly in the friction between the not-bonded together prior to the inventive process surfaces, while the form force pushes f on the substrate stack and this, due to the elasticity of the material of the sample holder 7 i 4 t in this suppresses ,
- the sample holder 7 '"thus yields on the basis of material-specific parameters such as the modulus of elasticity E.
- the sample holder 7"' is deformed elastically concave when the modulus of elasticity of the Sample holder 7 t 4 i increases from the center to the edge
- the sample holder 7 '"thus according to a preferred embodiment has an E-Modulgradienten and / or the surface force f is not a constant load, but a decreasing from the center to the edge surface load.
- FIG. 11 shows a particularly preferred embodiment of a sample holder 7 fixed on fixed bearings 12.
- the sample holder 7 can either rest directly on the fixed bearings 12 or, more preferably, rest on construction elements which are located between the sample holder 7 and the fixed bearings 12.
- FIG. 11 therefore represents only a very schematic sketch.
- the inventive concept consists exclusively in that the sample holder 7 accommodating the substrate stack 8 is mounted in such a way that the force flows off via the fixed bearings 12 when the pressure is applied and the sample holder 7 is bent centrally ,
- the fixed bearings 12 are, in particular, radially symmetrical, fully circumferential, located in the position of the outer periphery of the sample holder 7 fixed bearing.
- the pressure plate 10 opposite the sample holder 7 is preferably fixed to a pressure piston 1 3, in particular the pressure piston 1 3 of a bonder.
- the substrate stack 8 (not shown) positioned between the pressure plate 10 and the sample holder 7 is pressurized by a relative approach of the pressure plate 10 and the sample holder 7, in particular by a movement of the pressure piston 13.
- the pressure piston 1 3 is preferably made so that a centric point force is converted during the progressive pressurization in a homogeneous surface force.
- the sample holder 7, and thus also the substrate stack 8 deflects concentrically and thus concavely, and becomes peripherally of the fixed bearings 12 supported.
- the concave deflection does not take place on the basis of material-specific parameters such as an E-modulus or an E-modulus gradient, but on the basis of constructional features, in particular an exclusively peripheral, in particular full-circumference, support of the sample holder 7 through the fixed bearings 12.
- a substrate stack 8 and therefore the individual substrates 1, 1 'is again moved relative to each other that through a load, in particular a friction between the layers 2, 2: an inventive effect the generation of a metastable equilibrium, in particular a Microstructure is produced with increased dislocation structure, which subsequently leads to a more optimal connection of both substrates I, 1 'on the layers 2, 2'.
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